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Caml down lads sure its only aul U20's anyways 

 

I agree the congestion of all these competitions at this time of year is madness. My point remains that ANY county side fielding an u20 team surely must be able to draw on 25 or so talented 19/20 year olds from their club pool without having to rely so heavily on 16-18 year olds. Is THAT so hard to understand? By the way Bannsider I was being ironic/sarcastic in my comment about the Antrim game this weekend based on my outlook of Derry's preparation and attitude for the Fermanagh game. No slight on Antrim, I'm sure it will be good local derby as usual with a lot of these lads knowing each other from their school days no doubt. I take it you follow them yourself based on your previous pro Antrim/ anti Derry posts on here? Do you fancy them? Or are you like the Draperstown brigade on here who talk a good game but rarely leave the armchair?

Great post?? he's copied and pasted an article someone has written last week (clearly as it says Fermanagh play Derry THIS weekend). The article is filled with Mr. Donnelly's whining around schools players. Are you telling me a county the size of ours cant field a strong team of 19 – 20 year old lads post-secondary school? Well by f*&% that's a sad state of affairs and a sad indictment of the attitude of a lot of our so called supporters unfortunately. Would you have much knowledge of what we have in the county at u20 level draperstown exile? Of are you just content to regurgitate the tyrone man's whingeing to pass off as your own opinion?

[Why was Alex Doherty brought on a day after having played for the U20's]

On the game yesterday:
Conditions weren't great obviously. Thought we were the better team overall. Rogers, McWilliams and Keenan all had fine games at the back. Gave a couple silly frees away early on but after that Tipp really struggled to score, they didn't score from play at all. Shane McGuigan is a top class forward. Hopefully can be the springboard for a run of results.

Couple other thoughts:
I can't see any way we beat Armagh playing the way we have been, we just won't score enough. Players need to lift the head and look forward that bit more often. We had forwards one on one inside and wouldn't kick the ball in.

We had 3 extra men at a stage yesterday and hadn't a clue how to use them.

Why was Alex Doherty brought on a day after having played for the U20's with us 0-09 to 0-04 up (I think) and 2 or 3 extra men? Do the U20's not play again this weekend? Thought he looked seriously leggy running back towards the end and it just seemed an unnecessary injury risk.

If youd went to the game youd know he was only brought on during the second half. I assume mr Donnelly expected an easy ride v Fearmanagh and got it wrong as the draw after normal time meant Doherty had to slug it out over extra time. I wouldn't be getting annoyed over either the u20 or senior performances from the weekend though as you wouldn't put the dog out in that weather. 2 wins all that matters. hopefully we'll have more support for both squads in games to come when the weather isn't an easy excuse

Quite the opposite, reading the  Donnelly interview in the CDP leading up to this match, he knew Derry was going into this u20 game like a 3 legged dog with the McRory men unable to field (Fermanagh were at full strength with St Michaels out). Was told we were 6-8 starters down, though not sure how accurate that number is tbh

On the game yesterday:
Conditions weren't great obviously. Thought we were the better team overall. Rogers, McWilliams and Keenan all had fine games at the back. Gave a couple silly frees away early on but after that Tipp really struggled to score, they didn't score from play at all. Shane McGuigan is a top class forward. Hopefully can be the springboard for a run of results.

Couple other thoughts:
I can't see any way we beat Armagh playing the way we have been, we just won't score enough. Players need to lift the head and look forward that bit more often. We had forwards one on one inside and wouldn't kick the ball in.

We had 3 extra men at a stage yesterday and hadn't a clue how to use them.

Why was Alex Doherty brought on a day after having played for the U20's with us 0-09 to 0-04 up (I think) and 2 or 3 extra men? Do the U20's not play again this weekend? Thought he looked seriously leggy running back towards the end and it just seemed an unnecessary injury risk.

If youd went to the game youd know he was only brought on during the second half. I assume mr Donnelly expected an easy ride v Fearmanagh and got it wrong as the draw after normal time meant Doherty had to slug it out over extra time. I wouldn't be getting annoyed over either the u20 or senior performances from the weekend though as you wouldn't put the dog out in that weather. 2 wins all that matters. hopefully we'll have more support for both squads in games to come when the weather isn't an easy excuse

I wasn't at the U20 game and, miraculously, was already aware of this. Twitter is some job. Doesn't change my point in the slightest given the game went to extra time in those conditions. Was an unnecessary risk in my opinion.
Does McCarron have an injury? Noticed he wasn't involved with either U20's or seniors.

Lost a few teeth playing with Jordanstown's freshers

So our County U20 team are reliant on 6-8 school children to be competitive? The Antrim game on Saturday should be a good watch at least by that reckoning.

[Why was Alex Doherty brought on a day after having played for the U20's]

On the game yesterday:
Conditions weren't great obviously. Thought we were the better team overall. Rogers, McWilliams and Keenan all had fine games at the back. Gave a couple silly frees away early on but after that Tipp really struggled to score, they didn't score from play at all. Shane McGuigan is a top class forward. Hopefully can be the springboard for a run of results.

Couple other thoughts:
I can't see any way we beat Armagh playing the way we have been, we just won't score enough. Players need to lift the head and look forward that bit more often. We had forwards one on one inside and wouldn't kick the ball in.

We had 3 extra men at a stage yesterday and hadn't a clue how to use them.

Why was Alex Doherty brought on a day after having played for the U20's with us 0-09 to 0-04 up (I think) and 2 or 3 extra men? Do the U20's not play again this weekend? Thought he looked seriously leggy running back towards the end and it just seemed an unnecessary injury risk.

If youd went to the game youd know he was only brought on during the second half. I assume mr Donnelly expected an easy ride v Fearmanagh and got it wrong as the draw after normal time meant Doherty had to slug it out over extra time. I wouldn't be getting annoyed over either the u20 or senior performances from the weekend though as you wouldn't put the dog out in that weather. 2 wins all that matters. hopefully we'll have more support for both squads in games to come when the weather isn't an easy excuse